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Forgotten on Sunday

Valérie Perrin , Val�rie Perrin
Translated by Hildegarde Serle
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Forgotten on Sunday

Valérie Perrin , Val�rie Perrin
Translated by Hildegarde Serle
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★ “Perrin’s signature gift of transmuting quotidian circumstances into transcendent truths is everywhere apparent.”—Foreword Reviews (Starred Review)

★ “The many admirers of Perrin’s previous novel, Fresh Water for Flowers, will be equally charmed by this beguiling tale. All other readers might be doubly rewarded.”—Library Journal

“Evokes something of the heartwarming whimsy of the 2001 movie, Amélie . . . Forgotten on Sunday is a pain au chocolat of a book—flaky but buttery, with a sweet center. . . [a] sentimental soul-soother.”—Heller McAlpin, NPRBooks

“A deeply emotional, intergenerational saga about family secrets and the enduring power of love.... An engrossing work about love and loss; ideal for fans of Jojo Moyes and Kate Morton.”—Booklist

“An endearing and original heroine, a surprising setting, and a talented author.”—ELLE

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“Romantic, yes; light, yes; meaningless, no.”—Bethanne Patrick, Literary Hub

“Fresh Water for Flowers entranced me with its quiet joy.”—Kathi Kirby, Powell’s Books, Portland, OR

“Fresh Water For Flowers goes to show how debuts can be great works. Perrin plumbs the depths of motherhood, life on the streets, and regret in her story […] It is an extremely well-written book that was frankly difficult to put down.”—San Francisco Book Review

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Captivating, melancholic, and sensitive!

"Forgotten on Sunday is a heart-tugging, character-driven tale set in France during the 1930s, as well as present day, that takes you into the lives of two main characters. Justine, a young nursing aide who after being raised by her grandparents from an early age after the sudden loss of her parents, spends her days caring for the elderly and writing down all the stories they choose to share, and Hélène a ninety-six-year-old woman who as her life slowly comes to an end reveals a well-lived life that was bursting with passion, pain, tragedy, and war. _x000D_ _x000D_ The prose is elegant and rich. The characters are troubled, sympathetic, and endearing. And the plot is a moving tale about life, love, loss, lies, emotion, betrayal, family, friendship, secrets, heartbreak, guilt, grief, hope, and regret. _x000D_ _x000D_ Overall, Forgotten on Sunday is another immersive, touching, astute tale by Perrin that highlights once again her innate ability to delve into all the messy emotional and psychological entanglements that exist between family members, lovers, and friends, and proves why year after year her novels garner enormous amounts of high praise."

— Zoe C. (5/5)

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  • Published date: Jun 04, 2024
  • Language: English
  • No. of Pages: 304
  • Publisher: Europa Editions
  • ISBN: 9798889660187
  • Dimensions: 6.0" W x 1.1" L x 9.0" H
Valérie Perrin was born in 1967 in Remiremont, in the Vosges Mountains, France. She grew up in Burgundy and settled in Paris in 1986. Her novel Forgotten On Sunday (Europa, 2024) won the Booksellers Choice Award in France and the paperback edition has been a long-selling best-seller since publication. Her English-language debut, Fresh Water for Flowers (Europa, 2020) won the Maison de la Presse Prize, the Paperback Readers Prize, and was named a 2020 ABA Indies Introduce and Indie Next List title. It has been translated into over thirty languages. Figaro Littéraire named Perrin one of the ten best-selling authors in France in 2019, and in Italy, Fresh Water for Flowers was the best selling book of 2020. Perrin now lives in Normandy.
For Europa Editions,Hildegarde Serle has translated the bestselling Mirror Visitor series by Christelle Dabos and Perrin's previous book, Fresh Water for Flowers . She lives in London.

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